Overview of the project Planned Start Date
The Planned Start and the Planned Completion Dates of a project rely on the dates of the tasks on the project. This article describes the Planned Start Date of a project. For information about the task Planned Start Date, see Overview of the task Planned Start Date.
The Planned Start Date of a project can be set manually or automatically, depending on whether you schedule the project from the Start or from the Completion Date.
Manually set the Planned Start Date of a project
You must manually set the Planned Start Date of a project when you schedule the project from Start Date.
For information about setting the project’s Planned Start Date, see Edit projects.
Automatically set the Planned Start Date of a project
The Planned Start Date of a project is automatically set when you create the project in the following ways:
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from scratch and when you schedule the project from Completion Date.
The Planned Start Date is automatically calculated by ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Workfront, based on the date you select for the Completion Date and the durations of all the tasks on the project.
For information about creating a project from scratch, see Create a project.
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import it from Microsoft Project.
The Planned Start Date is the Start Date of the project in Microsoft Project.
For information about importing a project from Microsoft Project, see Import a project from Microsoft Project.
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import it using Workfront Kick-Starts, when you are a Workfront administrator.
The Planned Start Date always matches your computer’s time and date, unless you specify otherwise in the setPlannedStartDate field on the Project sheet of the kick-start file.
For information about importing data using kick-starts, see Import data into ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Workfront using a Kick-Start template.
For information about importing projects using kick-starts, see Kick-Starts scenario: simple project and task import preparation.
The Planned Start Date of a task
You can either specify the Planned Start Date of a task, or you can leave it up to Workfront to calculate it depending on certain criteria.
For information about the Planned Start Date of a task, see Overview of the task Planned Start Date.